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December Running Accumulator challenge

Great Run Solo’s December Accumulator challenge is sure to have you running on Christmas cheer and keep you from going crackers!

Complete the 12 runs of Christmas (or more runs if you wish) of any distance between 1st – 25th December and earn yourself a special Christmas tree medal decoration, while helping to support St Ann’s this festive season.

How to take part

Enter the challenge any time until 8th December
Set up a JustGiving page for St Ann’s and ask your friends, family and colleagues to sponsor your challenge to raise money for St Ann’s
Start running from 1st December
Keep track of your 12 (or more!) runs
Complete the challenge by 25th December
Submit your final results to receive your digital certificate

It costs £15 to join – your entry fee includes a unique finishers medal, access to training plans & tips, access to our online tracking tool, and support throughout the challenge.

Accumulator distance award

There are three optional distance challenges. Depending on how far you run over your 12 (or more!) runs we will also award you a personalised digital finishers certificate to download and share:

A round of santa-plause – 30 Miles
Run run Rudolph – 60 miles
There’s snow stopping you – 100 miles

Sign up online

Visit www.greatrun.org/virtual-running/accumulator/december to find out more and sign up online.

Get in touch with events@sah.org.uk to let us know if you’re taking on this challenge so we can cheer you on. May your miles be merry!

Great Manchester Virtual Runs

Great Manchester Run has launched two new virtual events after making the tough decision to cancel the iconic runs around Manchester.

For 2020, Great Manchester Run will be hosting the We Love Manchester Challenge, which includes a junior option and the My Manchester Active Challenge.

The We Love Manchester Challenge began on Monday 10th August and will end on Sunday 6th September 2020. The event will challenge event-goers to complete 15 activities, whether that be a run, jog or walk over 28 days in a distance of your choice.

Tickets cost just £10 to enter and in return, you’ll receive a special edition medal and certificate. This challenge is also available to junior competitors with no cost for signing up. Enter here today.

Alongside this, Great Manchester Run is giving everyone who originally signed up to the official run a chance to earn their medal. From now until the weekend of the event (Sunday 6th September), runners can complete a 10k or half-marathon challenge and receive their medal once they have submitted a screenshot of their run.

You can still sign-up to the My Great Manchester Active Challenge with tickets costing just £10. Enter the challenge today.

Join Team St Ann’s and you’ll get loads of perks, including:

A #TeamStAnns running vest
A fundraising pack with fun ideas and tips
Regular training and nutrition advice
A friendly Events Team here to support you all the way

Once you’ve signed up you can create a Just Giving page in aid of St Ann’s and start sharing the link with friends, family and colleagues to help raise vital funds that enable our teams to continue to deliver outstanding care and support to patients and their families.

For more information please email our Events Team at events@sah.org.uk or call 0161 498 3631.

Keep on Collecting

Become a fundraising legend and help raise vital funds for St Ann’s by hosting a virtual bucket collection throughout August.

Sadly, this year we won’t be able to host our regular collections at our annual community events and supermarkets, but that doesn’t mean you can’t join Team St Ann’s and help raise much-needed funds that enable our teams to continue to deliver outstanding care and support to our patients and their loved ones.

To join our virtual fundraiser, simply click our Just Giving page and click start fundraising today on the right-hand side of the page. You can raise money from wherever you want by sharing the Just Giving link with your friends, family and colleagues. You can get creative with raising funds by updating your social media stories with live videos.

If you want to get involved with the virtual bucket collection either click the links above or email our Events Team at events@sah.org.uk or call 0161 498 3631.

Did you know…

£59.85 could pay for food for a week for one of our inpatients
£85.24 could allow us to run our ambulance for a day
£101.20 could provide a two-hour specialist rehabilitation session to aid patients with personal activities of daily living to help maximise their mobility and independence
£200 could pay for a member of our community team to visit a patient in their home
£256.50 could pay for food for a month for one of our inpatients
£300 could pay for a patient to attend a day therapy session
£426 could help us to run our ambulance for a week
£455 could pay for our Neil Cliffe Centre team to provide specialist care to patients for a day

Start your own fundraiser

Have an idea for your own fundraiser? Set one up today and our team will help support you all the way!

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Snowdon challenge

We’re delighted to bring you a brand new Team St Ann’s challenge – conquering Snowdon, the highest mountain in Wales. If you enjoy exploring and are itching for the opportunity to lace up your boots, conquer a Peak and complete a fundraising challenge for St Ann’s then this is the one for you!

Date: Saturday 28^th September 2019

Approximate time to complete the challenge: 5 – 5.5 hours

Route: If you take on our nine-mile Snowdon trek, you’ll navigate up a winding route to the summit. Be prepared for a steady climb on a mixture of rough and well-kept pathways. At 1,085m (3,560ft), you’ll be able to admire the breath-taking views of the Snowdonia National Park at your feet with Anglesey and the Irish Sea in the distance.

Fitness: To take on this challenge you’ll need to be reasonably fit and do some training.

Transport: We are currently investigating providing transport to and from the Heald Green hospice to Snowdon – please contact events@sah.org.uk for further details.

Fundraising Tips

Worried about reaching your target? Don’t worry we’ve got a Fundraising Guide with all the ideas and tips you need for successful fundraising and are here to help you create a fundraising plan and get you on your way!

For more information please contact James on events@sah.org.uk or call 0161 498 3646.

Step Up

Our St Ann’s nurses walk an average of two miles a day when caring for our patients. Can you walk 30 days in their shoes, and take on our virtual challenge?

Dates: 1st – 30th September

Location: Wherever you want!

What is Step Up?

Simply set yourself a target distance to walk – or run – in the month of September and help us by raising as much money as you can in sponsorship. Choose your target distance a day, and do it your way! Perhaps you could try and match our nurses and take on two miles a day for thirty days? Depending on your stride this is approx 4,000 steps a day. Or, you could try and walk the distance equivalent to walking from our Heald Green site, to our Little Hulton site, to our Neil Cliffe site – 40 miles – in a week – that’s approx 6 miles a day.

It’s up to you! After all, it’s your challenge. 30 days your way, pick your distance, put on your shoes, and you’re off!

Why take part?

Every donation received will enable us to give specialist care to our patients and support their loved ones. Your health will benefit too…

According to NHS Guidelines, adults should aim to be active daily.

The benefits include:

Reduces the risk of a range of diseases e.g. coronary heart disease, stroke, type 2 diabetes
Helps maintain a healthy weight
Helps maintain the ability to perform everyday tasks with ease
Improves self-esteem
Reduces symptoms of depression and anxiety

The staff at The Foundry stepped up in support of our colleague, whose partner was diagnosed with a rare cancer and received exceptional care at St Ann’s. We wanted to help them both and thank St Ann’s for their amazing work.

The Foundry

The challenge is free to enter, all we ask is that you raise as much money in sponsorship as you can for the hospice.

Need more information?

Download your Fundraising Pack below full of advice and tips to help you along the way. Plus there’s a Step Up-ometer on the back of the pack which you can fill in and put up at home or work so the world can see how many steps you have taken, or the distance you have covered for St Ann’s!

Set up your JustGiving fundraising page or if you prefer a paper sponsorship form, you can download below.

Get Social

Download our social media assets below and update your social pages and include your JustGiving page so everyone knows you’re taking part!

Join our Facebook event page to share your challenge with our community.

If you have any questions or need any help with registration or setting up your fundraising page, contact our fundraising team on supporter@sah.org.uk or call 0161 498 3631 and we will be very happy to help you.

Download your fundraising pack and social media assets!

Kilimanjaro Trek

Good luck to everyone who has signed up to join this challenge for Team St Ann’s, you’re all going to have an amazing adventure and you will be raising funds to go towards caring for our patients and their loved ones.

The places for this challenge are now full if you’d like to join Team St Ann’s on another challenge then join us on a majestic nine-day trekking adventure on the famous Great Wall of China in 2021. For more information click here.

Join St Ann’s for this epic 11-day adventure, with 7 days trekking to the snow-capped summit of Mt Kilimanjaro! The beautiful Machame Route takes you through dense tropical rainforest, moorland and scree until you reach Uhuru Peak at sunrise, with the sun coming up over the highest point in Africa

The route has been designed to allow gradual acclimatisation to the altitude, with an extra day included from the traditional Machame Route. This is a truly unforgettable challenge, and you will be supported every step of the way with encouragement from highly trained leaders and medics.

Dates: 24^th– 4^th October 2020

No. of days: 11 days

Distance: Approx. 69.5km

Fitness: To take on this challenge you’ll need to be fit and do some training

Cost:

Registration Fee (Due on Sign Up): £300
Airport Tax and Fuel Surcharge Contribution (Due 6 weeks before the trek): £250
Minimum Sponsorship Target for St. Ann’s Hospice (Due before departure): £4,360

Participants should use the code PAYLATER when signing up, which means they can split the cost over two months.

Get Fundraising Tips

Worried about reaching your target? Don’t worry we’ve got a fundraising pack with all the ideas and tips you need for successful fundraising and are here to help you create a fundraising plan and get you on your way!

Sign up with Team St Ann’s and you will get loads of fantastic perks, including:

A friendly events team who will support you, every step of the way
A #TeamStAnns t-shirt
Regular training and nutrition advice
Meet-ups with your fellow team members

For more information please contact our events team on events@sah.org.uk or call 0161 498 3628 or download the brochure.

Download the brochure here for more details

Kilimanjaro Brochure

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London to Paris cycle

This iconic London to Paris Cycle will take you from the heart of London through beautiful English villages and into the stunning countryside of rural France before you reach Paris and end your challenge under the Eiffel Tower! You will make friends for life and go on an incredible adventure which will stay with you forever.

Read more about the challenge in the brochure below.

Dates: 25th – 29th September 2019

No. of days: 5 days (4 days cycling)

Sign up with Team St Ann’s and you will get loads of fantastic perks, including:

A #TeamStAnns vest
A fundraising pack with fun ideas and tips
Regular training and nutrition advice
Meet-ups with your fellow team members
A friendly events team who will support you all the way

Sign up for this fantastic challenge now and help raise funds for St Ann’s Hospice!

If you have any questions please contact Ella at events@sah.org.uk or call 0161 498 3628. You can also register your interest using the form below, and a member of the team will be in touch.

London to Paris Brochure 2019

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Manchester Velodrome Abseil

Take part in the Manchester Velodrome abseil this November in aid of St Ann’s.

The abseil is a free hanging descent from a gantry in the middle of the Velodrome, meaning that it’s sure to get your heart racing! It’s also completely indoors so you’ll be protected from any bad weather.

To register, please go to https://eightpointtwo.co.uk/event/manchester-velodrome-abseil/ and note on the application form you are taking part in aid of St Ann’s.

We are offering anyone who raises over £200 a refund of the £45 registration fee.

Venue address and parking:

The National Cycling Centre
Stuart Street
Manchester
M11 4DQ

Registration fees includes qualified, professional instructors and all the equipment you will need on the day. First aid cover is also provided.

If you have any questions, or you would like to speak to someone before signing up please email the events team at events@sah.org.uk or call them on 0161 4983628.

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